Lawmakers tell Apple, Google to prepare for TikTok ban
Top lawmakers on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) House of Representatives Select Committee on Friday told Apple and Google to prepare to remove TikTok from their app stores as a possible ban next month looms. Committee Chairman John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) are joined by Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google's […]
Federal appeals court blocks push to delay January TikTok ban
A federal appeals court in Washington has rejected a request from social platform TikTok to effectively postpone the app's ban next month. The rejection comes as the company sought an injunction on Monday to block the ban and is preparing to appeal to the Supreme Court. This was done after requesting the D.C. Circuit Court […]
Appeals court rejects TikTok request to temporarily halt pending US ban
On Friday, a federal appeals court rejected an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would have required Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the short video app by January 19. TikTok and ByteDance filed an emergency motion Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, asking for […]
Meta, TikTok and Google to be forced to pay for Australian news | Australian politics
Digital platforms will be forced to pay for Australian news regardless of whether they strike new deals with publishers, and companies like Meta will not be able to circumvent news media bargaining provisions. On Thursday, the Albanon government announced the “News Bargaining Incentive.” This is a fee that applies to digital platforms and is effectively […]
Will TikTok be banned in January? Here's where things stand as deadline nears
(NEXSTAR) -It may not be able to introduce tiktok for a long time unless social media companies find a way to prevent new laws from becoming effective. According to the rules signed by the law in April, Tactoku will be banned or in the United States to break the relationship with the Ordinance by the […]
The clock is running out on TikTok in the US
Freedom of speech has clashed with national security before. The Federal Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., held unanimously last Friday. TikTok app could be banned in the US the court upheld the law The bill, known as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Control Applications Act, requires social media apps to relinquish Chinese ownership […]
Federal Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Ban Legislation
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the app popular with American children and teens or face a ban in the United States. By law, ByteDance has until January to decide whether to sell or ban the TikTok app, so this ruling brings the possibility […]
China Hasn’t Used TikTok to Steal Data, Influence Americans ‘To Date’
On Friday's broadcast of Bloomberg's “Balance of Power,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said that “so far” China has “not used TikTok for any purpose.” TikTok is a “potential danger'' because it has not been implemented.'' Either by stealing information about Americans or by trying to influence Americans. ” […]
Trump ‘Wants to Save TikTok’, But Wants to Protect Data
On Friday's broadcast of Fox Business Network's “Kudlow,” Rep. Mike Walz (R-Florida), President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for national security adviser, said that President-elect Trump is ” I'm a fan.” He wants to save TikTok. We need to give Americans access to that app, but we also need to protect our data. And we must protect […]
ACLU spurns 'flawed and dangerous' ruling on TikTok ban
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) condemned Friday's “flawed and dangerous” federal appeals court ruling upholding a law banning social media platform TikTok. “This ruling sets a flawed and dangerous precedent and gives the government far too much power to silence Americans’ speech online,” said Patrick Toomey, deputy director of the ACLU’s National Security Project. […]